I Wish For Your Despair [Novel]

Anasta Winterlit.
A woman sold today to a man she has never met — Ryan Soltaire, second son of a ducal house.
"I hear you're a noblewoman too. Have you no pride? Don't you see that a woman sold for money is no different from a harlot?"
Worn down by illness, his nerves frayed raw, Ryan shuts her out with cruel coldness.
But—
"The food you eat every day is nothing but tasteless herbs, isn't it? Then let's live together, and eat only delicious things."
Anasta pitied him.
As time passed, Ryan came to trust her without even realizing it…
And one day, just as a glimmer of recovery appeared—
[I want to be a husband you won't be ashamed to stand beside.]
He left a single letter… and enlisted in the army,
leaving her alone to face a brutal winter.
***
Two years later, he returns a war hero…
"Have you heard? They say Young Master Ryan broke off his engagement to the woman who was with him two years ago, and now he's looking for a new fiancée!"
There is no longer a place for Anasta at his side.